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Topic

Retainer obligations

Legal area

Court

8 Oct 2024

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LTD v. FRANCES IP & CO (A FIRM)

Citation

[2024] HKCFI 2763
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP1836/2022

The master upheld the taxation: the disputed items were proper solicitor/own client items necessary to the retainer, the Firm provided credible evidence that the services were rendered after the retainer and the time spent was reasonable given the volume and nature of the documents; the Company had abandoned key objections at the taxation hearing and could not revive them at review, therefore no downward adjustment to the taxed amount was warranted.
28 Nov 2012

HANS-JUERGEN BOEWE v. ROLAND JOHN JEANS AND ANOTHER

Citation

HANS-JUERGEN BOEWE v. ROLAND JOHN JEANS AND ANOTHER
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ3389/2005

On the pleadings and available evidence the court found the re-amended statement of claim disclosed triable causes of action: prima facie the plaintiffs were not shareholders as pleaded, there was a sufficiently pleaded total failure of consideration, a cause of action for wrongful conversion/misappropriation was adequately pleaded, and the facts as pleaded supported a resulting/Quistclose/constructive trust claim against the 2nd defendant. The retainer letter and draft shareholders agreement did not, on the material before the court, meet the high threshold for striking out under Order 18 Ru…